Table 3 Characters of poor responders with PCOS in previous cycle and in cycles after TVOD

No. of stimulated cycles

16

7

–

No. of canceled cycles

16

0

–

Stimulation duration per cycle (days)

14.88 ± 1.59

8.00 ± 1.73

< 0.001

Total gonadotrophin used per cycle (IU)

5608.13 ± 683.80

2592.86 ± 430.53

< 0.001

AFC

19.13 ± 1.35

8.21 ± 0.64

< 0.001

Total number of dominant follicles

4

88

–

Total number of oocytes retrieved

0

78

–

Maximum estradiol level (pg/ml)

181.31 ± 68.91

4340.29 ± 1903.72

0.001

FSH level of stimulation day (mIU/ml)

6.67 ± 1.39

6.45 ± 1.78

0.750

LH level of stimulation day (mIU/ml)

5.48 ± 3.02

4.68 ± 2.08

0.533

Estradiol level of stimulation day (pg/ml)

41.38 ± 14.47

45.86 ± 19.89

0.548

Progesterone level of stimulation day (ng/ml)

0.67 ± 0.21

0.64 ± 0.28

0.802

AMH level of stimulation day (ng/ml)

10.09 ± 3.46

10.94 ± 3.80

0.603

Testosterone level of stimulation day (ng/ml)

0.66 ± 0.18

0.55 ± 0.14

0.157